Happy Valentine's Day

Yes, it's Valentine's day. But, even more importantly, it's the first day of winter vacation. All of the schools have a week's vacation, and since I am a teacher, then I get a week's vacation, too. Not a bad deal! I feel like Christmas vacation just ended, actually, so it's hard to believe that we have another vacation already. And not so many weeks until Easter vacation, either...

The weather is absolutely gorgeous, cold and sunny with lots of snow. Anders and Gaute went out skiing, but the other boys and I have been hanging out here at the house. Espen has a football game (indoor) this afternoon, and Johan has a friend over. I've been catching up on my netsurfing and making various Valentine's treats. So nice to have some spare time. The weather is supposed to be just as nice tomorrow, so I think we'll all head out for a long cross country ski trip tomorrow. Grim and Kari have invited us to dinner, so I won't even have to think about making dinner when we get home!

On Monday the boys and I are headed to Germany on the "cruise" ship. We're all pretty excited, but Anders and Johan are especially excited. Hope they're not disappointed...